Hame-clip.



A. C. BACK.

HAME CLIP.

APPLICATION FILED M113, 1913.

1,120,785. Patented Dec. 15, 1914.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec.15,1914.

Application filed February 3, 1913. Serial No. M6945.

, To aZlwhom it may concern:

B it known that 1, AUGUST O.-BACK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Spring Hill, in the county of Johnson and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful. Improvements inflame-Clips; and I do declare the following to be a full,

tion, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to hame clips, and has for its principal object to provide a device of that type which may be applied to hames of any ordinary construction, and

whereby tugs may be adjustablyconnected with the hames in order that the line of draft may be varied to suit the collar or 3 of the clip.

hame to the animal upon which the collar is worn. In accomplishing this object I have provided the improved details of structure hereinafter described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure I is a perspective view ofa hame equipped with a clip constructed according to my invention, and showing a tug mounted on the clip. Fig. TI is a detail perspective Referring more in detail to the parts: 1 designates a hame, of ordinary construction, having eye members 2- fixed in its outer edge, and provided with the ordinary removable clip pin or bolt'3.

Pivotally mounted on the pin 8, between the eye members 2, is a clip 4i comprising a U-shaped body, having legs 5 provided with eye members 6 which are adapted to fitover and pivot on the pin 3. The base of the clip is provided with studs 7 which extend parallel with the legs 5, and are of such length that when the clip is mounted on the hame pin, the loop 8 of a tug 9 which m'ay be mounted on the clip, will be held in place at either side of or between said studs.

In using the device, the tug loop is applied to the clip before the latter is connected with the hame and the .line of draft determined by the adjustment of the loop Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner Washington, D. G.

relative to the studs'l, as it is apparent that with the loop located between the lower stud and the lower leg of the clip the line of draft will be lower than if the loop were between the two studs or between the upper stud and upper leg of the loop. With the tug loop in place, th eye members of'the clip are projected between the eye members i of the hame, and the pin 3 projected through all of said eye members, as illustrated in Fig. I. When the parts arein this? 7 position, the clip may pivot on the pin and thetug' loop may pivot laterally and vertically on the clip but may not escape from the clip or vary its adjustment thereon, for the reason that it is confined in its adjusted position by the studs 7. i If, however, it should be desired to vary the line of draft, theclip may be easily and quickly removed and'the tug loop adjustedto a different position relative to the studs so that when the clip is replaced on the, hame the new line of draft will be maintained. l j. a

Havingthus described my invention, what ll claim as new therein, and desire to'secure by Letters-Patent, is

1. The combination with a hame having,

spaced eye members thereon, of a clip havng a plurality of apertures, open at .one

side, a trace loop adapted for projection into i any one of said apertures, anda pin for pivotally connecting said clip to saideye members, and confining said trace loop in one of said apertures.

2. The combination with a hame having spaced eye members thereon, of a clip have ing an eye member at each end and a pin rality of slots between said eye members, .a

' 90 either of said clip eye members,,and into trace loop adapted for projection over any one of said slots, and a pin adapted for projection through all of said eye members and for closing said slots to retain said AUeusr 0. BACK.

Witnesses ALEX Hines, J.v W. JAMES.

of Eatents. 

